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Characterization Methods for Quality Control of Nanopore and Nanochannel Membranes

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Nanotechnology is considered a fascinating subject not only by scientists, but also by people not involved in research. Likely, the appeal derives from common people thinking of nanotech devices as “invisible, mysterious objects”, capable of accomplishing complex tasks. Such a mysterious feeling can be explained by the fact that nanodevices features cannot be entrapped, because of their dimensions, by the common experience of human sensing, like other systems, exhibiting much more complex structures or functions, but macroscopic dimensions (e.g. airplanes, robots, skyscrapers).

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Cosentino, C., Amato, F., Ferrari, M. (2006). Characterization Methods for Quality Control of Nanopore and Nanochannel Membranes. In: Ferrari, M., Lee, A.P., Lee, L.J. (eds) BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-25842-3_7

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